Hame and collar fastener



" .(No Model.)

- V P. M.PAULSON-.

HAME AND COLLAR PASTE-NEE.

NOQ 548,761. Patented Oct. 29, 1895.

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PETER MARTIN PAULSON, OF LE GRAND, IOWA.

HAME AND COLLAR FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 548,761, dated October29, 1895.

Application filed April 16,1895.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, PETER MARTIN PAULSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Le Grand, in the county of Marshall and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Hame and Collar Fastener, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in hame and collar fasteners.

The objects of the present invention are to simplify and improve theconstruction of fasteners for collars and hames and to provide a novelform of device adapted to be applied to the lower adjacent ends of ahorse-collar in such manner that said ends of the collar may be quicklyand easily coupled or uncoupled when desired.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel features and detailsof construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully de'scribed, illustrated in the drawings, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical section through thelower adjacent ends of a horse-collar with my improved fastening deviceapplied. Fig. 2 is an enlarged bottom plan view of the'improvedfastener. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of one of the members ofthe fastening device. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the other member.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in theseveral figures of the drawings.

The improved collar and hame fastening device, which I will now proceedto describe, comprises two members, designated by the numerals 1 and 2,which may be cast or otherwise formed from brass, steel, or other metal,according to the desire of the manufacturer. These two members are eachprovided with two or more perforations'which are adapted to receiverivets, by means of which they are secured to the abutting ends of ahorse-collar. For convenience sake and in order to facilitate theengagement and disengagement of the abutting ends of the horse-collarthe member 1 of the fastening device is preferably secured to the end ofthe collar on the right-hand side of the animal and the member 2 to thelower end of the left-hand side of the collar, as shown.

Pivotally connected with the member 1 is Serial No. 545,756- (No model.)

a pivoted latch 3, which is provided with an enlarged and perforatedend, as indicated, from which it tapers rearwardly, where it ispivotally mounted upon a pin 4, passing through aligned perforations inthe body of the fastener and said latch. The socket 5, in which saidlatch is located, corresponds in shape and depth to the portion of thelatch 3, which is located therein, so that the lower face of the body ofthe fastener and the latch will be flush and even. At its free end thelatch is provided with a perforation 6, the inner wall of which at oneside is inclined, as indicated at 7. The front edge of the latch 3 isalso beveled off or inclined, as shown at 8,,'

and is further provided with an extension or lip 9, by means of which,said latch may be lifted- The other member of the fastening device isgrooved in its lower face, as shown at 10,

thereby forming a socket for the reception of the free end of the latch3, and also forming a spur or projection 11, adapted to enter theperforation 6 in the latch for holding the parts firmly together. Thelatch 3is normally held'in engagement with the projection or spur 11 bymeans of an actuating-spring 12,

secured to the inner face of the pivoted latch 3 and bearing against thebody ofthe fastening-plate member 1, as shown. In order to relieve thelatch 3 from side strain, one of the parts of the device, preferably themember 2, is provided with a stout pin 13, projecting from its inner endadjacent to the member 1, and the latter member is provided with asocket or perforation adapted to receive said pin. This forms a stoutconnection between the two members of the device and takes con,-siderable of the strain from the pivoted latch 3.

Each member of the device is further provided with aloop 14, said loopsbeing furnished for the purpose of receiving the lower ends of strapsattached to the hames. An additional loop 15,-attached to the member 2on-the left-hand side of the collar, provides for the attachment of thebackhold-strap,-

which extends backward to the girth.

In operation in order to fasten the collar around the animals neck allthat is necessary is to insert the pin 13 in the corresponding socket inthe opposite member and push the two parts of the device together, whenthe the collar separated. By reasonof the hame being attached to thecollar by means of the straps and loops 14 referred to above it will beapparent that all that is required touni harness the horse is tounbuckle the crupper and girth, when the entire harness may be liftedfrom the horse and carried at one time to the rack, upon which it ishung. By means of the device described a horse can be.l iar-. nessed orunharnessed in much less time than heretofore. The fastener is verysimple and inexpensive and will be found very efficient...

I and convenient in practice.-

It .will be apparentthat various changesin the form, proportion, and theminor details of construction may be resorted towithout de-.

parting from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of thisinvention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. A hame andpcollar fastener comprising two sliding members, one ofwhich is-provided with a pin and the other with a socket.

for the reception of said pin, a pivoted and spring actuated latchconnected with one of said members and having its swinging endroundedand apertured, and a projecting spur or catch formed on the othermember by making a segmental groove or socket in the face of saidmember, said groove or socket corresponding in shape to and. beingadapted to receive the swinging end of the latch, substantially asdescribed.

2. A hame and collar fastener, comprising two sliding members, one ofwhich is formed with a stay pin and the other with a socket for thereception of said pin, a swinging latch pivoted at one end to one ofsaid members and seated in a facial recess or groove therein so as tolie substantially flush therewith and projecting at its opposite endbeyond the abuttingend of. said member, said-latch being roundedatuitsswinging end and also bev-- eled and apertu-redas described, and a catchprojection on the opposing member adapted to enter theaperture ofthelatch, said projection being established by forming a segmentalgroovein said member corresponding to the shape of and adapted to receive therounded swinging end of the pivoted latch, substantially as specified.

In testimonythat I claim the foregoing as my ownI have hereto affixedmysignaturein thepresence of. two witnesses.

PETER MARTIN PAULSON.

lVitnesses:

8.0. ROSLAND, ELIAsOLSON.

